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London, United Kingdom
(2008 – present)

Jahmaal Fyffe (born 26 November 1990), known better by his stage name Chipmunk, is a British hip hop & rnb artist and songwriter from Tottenham, London. He is signed with Columbia Records of Sony Music UK. He won the Best UK Newcomer at the MOBO Awards 2008. He also won Best Hip-Hop Act at the MOBO Awards 2009. He scored a UK Number 1 hit with Oopsy Daisy in 2009. He has also performed with the likes of JLS, performing at a number of their concerts when they were on tour in early 2010.

His debut album, I Am Chipmunk, was released on 12 October 2009. It has produced four top 25 singles included three consecutive top-ten hits and one chart topper. The album was deemed a success after it debuted at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart and reaching platinum sales of over 300,000 copies.

In-line with its record sales, a new platinum edition of the album was released on May 3, 2010 featuring four new songs, including new single Until You Were Gone featuring Dutch singer-songwriter Esmee Denters.

Chip Diddy Chip was released as the first official single from the album on 16 January 2009. The single peaked at number 21 on the UK Singles Chart and marked Chipmunk’s breakthrough.Diamond Rings was released as the second official single on 6 July 2009 and featured vocals from upcoming Scottish R&B singer Emeli Sandé. The single peaked at number 6 in the UK; marking Chipmunk’s first Top 10 hit.

Slightly confused - is he now Chip or Chipmunk? Apparently he's been signed to TI's record label as Chip, but he's on a song for the new Step Up film as Chipmunk. Is he just eventually changing his name?